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A Framework to Design, Test, Spread, and Sustain Effective Practice in Child Welfare

Building on the momentum created during the 2011 National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, the Children’s Bureau convened three Child Welfare Research and Evaluation Workgroups. Each workgroup examined a particular evaluation topic or issue, with the goal of improving child welfare research and evaluation and strengthening the link between research and practice.  This document is a practical guide for strengthening child welfare systems. It describes a process for exploring problems in child welfare, developing interventions, building evidence about their effectiveness, integrating effective interventions into routine child welfare practice, and continually improving on their delivery. The framework is designed to promote better integration of evaluation with program and policy decision-making, to encourage stronger partnerships between child welfare stakeholders, and to serve as a tool for three target audiences: those who evaluate programs; those who make decisions about the development and implementation of interventions (and the funding of those activities); and those who fund research and evaluation studies.

Author(s): 
Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Year of Publication: 
2014
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Resource Type: 
Gray literature
Language: 
English
Section: 
Resource Database